Results for "Czeslaw Bartkowski"

Czeslaw Bartkowski

Born: April 19, 1943

Tomasz Stańko: Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91

by Kevin Poindexter
February 24, 2026

In post-World War II Poland, jazz served as an act of defiance against the state, a resistance to the cultural restraints imposed on society. With its improvised nature and swinging rhythms, it stood in direct opposition to the rigid structure of socialist society. Where jazz relies on individual improvisation as a form of expression, socialist society ...

Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91

By Tomasz Stańko

Label: POLSKIE RADIO
Released: 2025
Track listing: Cats; Wilderness; Stress; Ballad; Lullaby from "Rosemary's Baby"; Wooden Music, pt. 2; Wooden Music, pt. 1; Piece for Diana; Placebo; Poacher; Stella by Starlight; Countdown; Giant Steps; Castle of Mist; Bluish; Few Shades of Blue, parts 1-4; First Free Etude; Second Free Etude; Third Free Etude; Almost Gama I; Now A; We; Airfield; Magic Time; Euforila II; Asmodeus; Eagle-Owls; Almost Gama II; Rue de la Tour; The Two First, the Third and a Few Others; Almost Black; My W.S.B. Friend; Trumpet One; Bass One; Mr DD; Babylon Samba; Purple Liquor; Hey!; End Jam

Komeda Project: Bringing New Life to a Legend

by Bruce Lindsay
February 23, 2010

Komeda Project is dedicated to the music of the great Polish composer Krzysztof Komeda. Komeda died young--days before his 38th birthday. During his relatively short life, he composed numerous film scores and jazz tunes and was responsible for the seminal album Astigmatic (Muza Records, 1965)--one of Jazzwise Magazine's “100 Jazz Albums that Shook the World." It ...